Milk-bottle holder.



H D. SARGENT.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. 22, 1912,.

1,098,765, Patented June 2, 1914.

INVENTOR,

WITNESSES:

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PARKER, OLE WORCESTER, IMLAEtEUiGHUSE'JII'TS.

MILK-BUTTLE HOLDER;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914..

Application filed November 22, 1912. Serial No. 732,859.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, HENRY 1D. SARGENT, acitizen of the United States of America, residing' at orcester, in thecounty of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Milk-Bottle Holders, ingis a specification.

This invention relates to a device for sup.- porting a milk bottle andprotecting the same from dogs, cats, inating influences.

With the ordinary paper disk which, at the present day, is most widelyused for covering the end of the milk bottle, it has been customary toleave milk bottles delivered at a house resting-on the floor of theporch or any. convenient locatiom Frequently a small amount of the milkremains around the edge of the paper disk cover andthis milk attractsdogs, cats and flies. Animals thus attracted to the milk bottle not onlycome in contact with the outlet of the bottle rendering the same uncleanbut they are also liable to tip the bottle over and break it.

The object of this invention is to so support the bottle that .it cannotbe reached by influences mentioned. and to provide a device which isconveniently used by the milk man as well as the householder.

With this object in view the invention consists in the structuredisclosed in the accompany-ing drawings in hich,

Figure 1 is a plan view f the apparatus. Fig.2 is a front elevationthereof with a milk bottle shown dotted in place.

The structure comprises a vertically arranged frame-piece 03 made offlat sheet metal bent into the form shown. The lower horizontal bend ofthe'frame-piece'd extends a distance about equal to the diameter of the"bottle and then turns upwardly into the portion 9 to provide aretaining means for the bottle. Horizontal retaining rings It and z' arefastened to the portions d and g, as shown in Fig. 2. AU-shaped'supporting piece i}: at right angles to portion (3 is bent into"osition to embrace the portions hand t :o w ich it is fastened as wellas to the porion 01. By this structure the lower end of he bottle whenplaced in the device is suit- ;bly supported. About mid-way oftherame-piece d an open ended spring fork iember e is fastened. Theupper end of the of which the follow flies or other contam-' frame-pieced is bent over horizontally into the portion 1 and through this portiona rod 0 is loosely mounted. This rod 0 has at its upper end a convenienthandle portion a and at its lower end an inverted cup-shaped member 5. r

The apparatus is used as follows: The frame-piece d is fastened, bymeans of screws j-j, against the side of a wall above the floor at aboutthe point where the milk is usually delivered. In: delivering the milk,the milk man places the upper end of the bottle under the cup-shapedmember Z2 and pushing upwardly carries this cup-shaped member and rod 0a sufiicient distance to al low the bottom of the bottle to swing overinto the opening of the embracing members 72., i, g and is, whereuponthe bottle is allowed to 'enter the embracing on the horizontal bottomof the members at and 7c. At the same timethe middle portion of thebottle snaps in the fork-shaped spring member e, and the cup-shapedmember I) and the rod 0 fall as the bottle is lowered and the formerkeeps the, opening of the bot tle covered in-the manner illustrated inFig. 2. With the bottle in this position at acertain distance above theground or floor it is clear that neither flies, dogs, or cats can reachthe opening of the shaped member I) amply protects the same. Nor can thebottle be tipped over in an manner, but remains fixed in position untilthe house-holder desires to use it.

The bottle can be removed from the device described by lifting theswinging it out.

It will be seen that both in inserting the bottle and in removing thesame from the device described, the user it only being necessary tograsp the bottle of milk in one hand, hold it at a slight angle to thevertitouch the device in any way,

cal, and give it an upward and downward movement, at the same timeturning the bot tie to a vertical position to insert it in the devicewhile an upward and outward movement is used in taking the bottle out ofthe device. This manner of manipulation renders the device nearly asconvenient for the milk man as it is to set the bottles on the stepssince the operation is performed by one hand holding the bottle.

What I claim, is

members and rest bottle for the cup-' does not need to.

bottle vertically and An apparatus for protecting milk bottles 110,

and the like comprising a J-shaped framepiece having a horizontal upperextension in which a rod is yieldingly mounted for limited verticalmovement about in line with the middle point of the lower horizontalextension, a covering cap mounted in the lower end of said rod, a U-haped piece fastened at its center at right angles to said lowerextension and extending upwardly a verticaldistance about equal to theshort vertical extension of the J-shaped piece, and horizontal embracingmembers fastened to and cooperating with said frame-pieces to sup portand prevent the bottle from tipping, all constructed'and arranged sothat the top of the bottle can be inserted under said cap and the baseof the bottle within said embracing members, all in the manner and forthe purpose described.

HENRY D. SARGENT.

Witnesses WILLIAM FRANCIS Hxsxms, EDWARD B. HINES.

